Developing person Notes on developing person

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School

University of Ottawa

Department

Psychology

Course

PSY1101

Professor

Thomas Fournier

Semester

Winter

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LECTURE III Thursday January1410THE DEVELOPING PERSON CH 4 AGENDA 1 Developing IssuesNaturenurtureContinuity stagesStabilitychange 2 The NewbornCompetent newborn perception 3 Infancy and ChildhoodBrain developmentmaturationCognitive developmentPiagetSocial developmentorigins of attachmentfamiliarity responsive parentingchild rearing practices 4 AdolescenceDeveloping morality KohlbergSocial development from adolescence to adulthoodEriksonNote you need to know the names of the theorists Development monitors CHANGE and DIFFERENCES over time A development is more than just a change its a progressive change but what is progressEx flexibilityBabies are surprisingly flexible but as they grow they are less flexible but they have more balanced and more coordinatedDevelopmental Issues Developmental ApproachMany areas of study over lifespanex physical social cognitive 3 Issues 1 Nature Nurture2 Continuity vs Stages Is change characterized byContinuitya gradual cumulative changea change in quantityex SkinnerIn his learning approach he believes that all behaviour is learned through processof rewards and punishmentsStagesa sequence of discontinuous and qualitative changesex Piaget Kohlberg Erikson Stage Theorieshave a dominant theme of behaviours at each stage